Plimmers Ark
Plimmer's Ark, Wellington
Plimmer's Ark was the hulk of the Nova Scotia built ship Inconstant which was damaged entering Wellington Harbour in 1849. Set on the Wellington foreshore local merchant John Plimmer used the hull for a warehouse and had intended to use her as a wharf as well, but this was undone by the Wellington Earthquake of 1855 which lifted the local level by over a meter. A wharf was added to get access to the now distant deeper water. The 'Ark" was a feature of early Wellington.
Later development buried the remains until they were exposed in a redevelopment in 1997 and investigated. Part of the bilge timbers can be seen through a glass floor in the Old Bank Complex, Customhouse Quay. Some of the finds from the investigation are also displayed. Mary O'Keeffe undertook the investigation.
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